According to a new poll from Public Policy Polling, 55 percent of black voters in North Carolina "believe same-sex couples should either be allowed to marry or form civil unions" — an 11-point jump from the last poll conducted on May 6 before the Tar Heel State's primaries.

The pollsters noted that same-sex marriage is still viewed unfavorably in North Carolina, with 58 percent of voters saying they were opposed to same-sex marriage. (The constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage in North Carolina passed with 61 percent of the vote.) But voters there were more sympathetic to the idea of allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil unions: 55 percent of voters believe gay couples should be allowed to marry or form civil unions. That's also up from the pre-primary survey, by two points.